Hidaka Main Line
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The Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a railway line in Hokkaido, Japan, operated by Hokkaido Railway Company (JR Hokkaido), between Tomakomai Station in Tomakomai and Samani Station in Samani, running along the coast of Hidaka Subprefecture. Services on the 116.0 km (72.1 mi) section of the line beyond Mukawa Station were suspended indefinitely since January 2015 due to storm damage. This section was closed on 1 April 2021 and replaced by a bus service. The closure of this section made the line the second shortest in Japan to be classified as a 'main line', at just 30.5 km (19.0 mi), after the Rumoi Main Line's length of 14.4 km (8.9 mi).
Services
All regular trains are local trains, which stop at all stations.
Stations
| Station | Distance (km) |
Transfers | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:JRHSN | Tomakomai | 苫小牧 | 0.0 | Template:Colorbull Muroran Main Line Template:Colorbull Chitose Line |
Tomakomai |
| Yūfutsu | 勇払 | 13.1 | |||
| Hama-Atsuma | 浜厚真 | 22.7 | Atsuma, Yūfutsu District | ||
| Hama-Taura | 浜田浦 | 27.0 | Mukawa, Yūfutsu District | ||
| Mukawa | 鵡川 | 30.5 | |||
| Shiomi | 汐見 | 34.5 | |||
| Tomikawa | 富川 | 43.6 | Hidaka, Saru District | ||
| Hidaka-Mombetsu | 日高門別 | 51.3 | |||
| Toyosato | 豊郷 | 56.3 | |||
| Kiyohata | 清畠 | 61.1 | |||
| Atsuga | 厚賀 | 65.6 | |||
| Ōkaribe | 大狩部 | 71.1 | Niikappu, Niikappu District | ||
| Seppu | 節婦 | 73.1 | |||
| Niikappu | 新冠 | 77.2 | |||
| Shizunai | 静内 | 82.1 | Shinhidaka, Hidaka District | ||
| Higashi-Shizunai | 東静内 | 90.9 | |||
| Harutachi | 春立 | 97.0 | |||
| Hidaka-Tōbetsu | 日高東別 | 99.4 | |||
| Hidaka-Mitsuishi | 日高三石 | 105.8 | |||
| Hōei | 蓬栄 | 109.8 | |||
| Honkiri | 本桐 | 113.0 | |||
| Ogifushi | 荻伏 | 120.2 | Urakawa, Urakawa District | ||
| Efue | 絵笛 | 125.1 | |||
| Urakawa | 浦河 | 130.3 | |||
| Higashichō | 東町 | 132.4 | |||
| Hidaka-Horobetsu | 日高幌別 | 136.9 | |||
| Utoma | 鵜苫 | 141.1 | Samani, Samani District | ||
| Nishi-Samani | 西様似 | 143.6 | |||
| Samani | 様似 | 146.5 | |||
History
The first section was opened in October 1913 by the Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., operating between Template:STN and Script error: No such module "Nihongo". (present-day Template:STN).[1] The section between Sarufuto and Template:STN was operated by the Script error: No such module "Nihongo".. Both lines were light railways with a track gauge of Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[2]
The lines were nationalized on 1 August 1927, and merged into one, becoming the Hidaka Line.[2] The track gauge was widened to Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". between Tomakomai and Sarufuto on 26 November 1929, and between Sarafuto and Shizunai on 10 November 1931.[2] The line was extended from Shizunai to Template:STN on 15 December 1933, to Template:STN on 24 October 1935, and to Samani on 10 August 1937.[2]
With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the line came under the control of JR Hokkaido.[2]
Service suspension
Following storm damage between Atsuga and Ōkaribe stations on 8 January 2015,[3] rail services had been suspended on the 116.0 km (72.1 mi) section beyond Mukawa station, with buses providing a substitute service. Further damage was caused to the line by Typhoon 17 or Typhoon Kilo on 12 September 2015, and no date had been set for the resumption of rail services beyond Mukawa. In December 2016, JR Hokkaido announced that it had abandoned plans to reopen the suspended section of the line, and was in discussion with the local governments involved.[1]
Due to low ridership and very high repair costs, including coastal defences between Atsuga and Ōkaribe, JR Hokkaido held several meetings with the seven towns along the suspended segment of the line, suggesting to abandon plans to restore the line and replace it with a bus service. In November 2019, six out of the seven towns agreed to replace the damaged section with a bus service. However, the town of Urakawa still strongly requested for the whole line to be restored; Urakawa's mayor reasoned that it would still take a while for the 'developing' Hidaka Expressway to reach the town, therefore it being necessary to retain the rail service.
In September 2020, after five years of meetings and discussions, many of which involved extensive arguments and disagreements, all seven towns eventually agreed with JR Hokkaido to abandon the line's damaged section and replace it with a bus service. The 116.0 km (72.1 mi) section was formally closed on 1 April 2021.[4]
See also
References
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